lifetime mortgage

This page covers the latest news, product updates, and regulatory developments in lifetime mortgages and later life lending. Read more below to keep pace with this evolving sector.

Malcolm’s Mortgage Month: New names, same old gaps

From rate rises and rebrands to retirement gaps and protection shortfalls, Malcolm Davidson rounds up September's biggest stories – and what they mean for brokers on the ground

Malcolm’s Mortgage Month: New names, same old gaps

Beyond pensions: a broader view of retirement planning

Why property wealth is becoming an increasingly important part of the advice conversation

Beyond pensions: a broader view of retirement planning

Interest-serviced lifetime mortgage draws younger borrowers

Canada Life reports Advantage customers average 66, against 69 for Capital Select

Interest-serviced lifetime mortgage draws younger borrowers

Equity release no longer a last resort as higher rates reshape advice

Wealthier homeowners are folding property wealth into estate planning while others turn to cheaper interest-only borrowing in later life

Equity release no longer a last resort as higher rates reshape advice

Retired and borrowing: how the over-55s market is going mainstream

Later life lending hit £6.2bn in Q2 2026. Here's what the surge means for mortgage brokers

Retired and borrowing: how the over-55s market is going mainstream

Monthly Spotlight: Later Life Lending

Every month, Mortgage Introducer is producing a series of articles on a theme affecting mortgage professionals across the UK. All coverage through the month can be found here

Monthly Spotlight: Later Life Lending

Helping families bridge the generational wealth gap: insights from LV=

How property wealth can help clients fund a living inheritance through a lifetime mortgage

Helping families bridge the generational wealth gap: insights from LV=

Six million UK adults have no plan for retirement housing costs

Royal London research reveals a £85,000 pension gap between those who will and won't carry housing costs into retirement

Six million UK adults have no plan for retirement housing costs

LV= adds interest reward option to lifetime mortgage range

LV= has launched a lifetime mortgage product that rewards clients for making regular interest payments, giving advisers a new later-life lending option

LV= adds interest reward option to lifetime mortgage range

Equity release still has an image problem – and the industry knows it

Brokers and lenders must work harder to modernise perceptions of a market that has fundamentally changed

Equity release still has an image problem – and the industry knows it